What is the context window of DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1?

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 supports a context window of 163K tokens.

Is DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 free to use?

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 is a paid model. It costs $0.250 per million input tokens and $0.950 per million output tokens.

How is LLM API pricing calculated?

LLM pricing has two components: input tokens (everything you send) and output tokens (what the model generates). Total cost = (prompt tokens × input rate + output tokens × output rate) / 1,000,000 × number of requests.

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 API Pricing — $0.250 Input / $0.950 Output per 1M Tokens

Q: How much does DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 cost?

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 costs $0.250 per million input tokens and $0.950 per million output tokens via OpenRouter. Pricing was last updated Oct 29, 2026.

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 by DeepSeek — $0.250 input / $0.950 output per 1M tokens via OpenRouter. Context: 163K tokens. Pricing last updated Oct 29, 2026.

Input / 1M tokens

$0.250

Output / 1M tokens

$0.950

Provider

DeepSeek

Context window

163K tokens

Via

OpenRouter

Cost at common usage volumes

Usage	Daily	Monthly
Chatbot (100/day)	$0.131	$3.94
Small app (1K/day)	$0.725	$21.75
Mid-scale (10K/day)	$9.75	$292.50
Large scale (100K/day)	$220.00	$6600.00

Model ID: deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3.1
Data source: OpenRouter public API — updated Oct 29, 2026.

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About DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 is an LLM developed by DeepSeek. Input costs $0.250 per million tokens and output costs $0.950 per million tokens via OpenRouter. It supports a context window of 163K tokens.

Pricing Details

Via the OpenRouter API:

Input tokens: $0.250 per 1 million tokens
Output tokens: $0.950 per 1 million tokens

A token is roughly 0.75 words. For context: a typical user message of 100 words is approximately 133 tokens; a 500-word system prompt is about 650 tokens.

How Much Does DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Cost?

For a typical chatbot application (1,000 requests/day, 1,000 prompt tokens and 500 output tokens per request):

Daily cost: $0.7250
Monthly cost: $21.750

Accessing DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 via OpenRouter

OpenRouter provides a unified API for 200+ LLMs including DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1. You can use it with any OpenAI-compatible SDK by setting the base URL to https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 and using your OpenRouter API key. The model ID is deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3.1.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 is available on OpenRouter with the model ID deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3.1. OpenRouter provides a unified API compatible with OpenAI's SDK format.